Capital H: Putting humans at the center of work

Season 5 of the Capital H podcast is here! Our hosts, David Mallon and Burt Rea will be exploring the findings from Deloitte’s 2020 Global Human Capital Trends research entitled “A Social Enterprise at Work: Paradox as a Path Forward”. This year, we begin with a look back at a decade of tremendous change, focusing particular attention on technological innovation and the evolving relationship between technology and the humans to provide leaders with an informed perspective as we look to the future.

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) continues to be a driving force for innovative ideas and team performance in the workplace. Jennifer Chatman, the Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management at Berkeley Haas, takes a closer look at D&I and discusses key findings from her research, including the positive effects of collective attitudes in diverse teams, how emphasizing diversity encourages risk-taking and innovation, and how managers can lead their teams to embrace diversity through challenging assumptions in a supportive environment.

The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging business leaders around the world to rapidly refocus their workforce priorities and programs. How are leading CHROs responding to the crisis and starting to pivot to a path to recovery? We'll explore shifting focus from crisis response to recovery, re-engaging workers to new ways of working, and balancing immediate and future requirements for when, where, and how works gets done and who does it.

As the world grapples with the continued impacts of COVID-19, human capital leaders are at the helm, navigating their organizations through murky waters. As they face uncharted territory, they’re banding together—for support, to share stories, and to strengthen their networks. In this episode, we take a closer look at how organizations are responding to the coronavirus, based on the stories our Bersin members are sharing with us, and with each other. Bersin analysts Pete DeBellis and Julie Duda join us to weigh in on what they’re hearing from the front lines—including how to work effectively in a remote environment, how to handle performance management, and how to think about rewards in the face of a likely economic downturn.

As the workplace and nature of work evolve, companies are forced to constantly revisit compensation strategies. Our 2020 Human Capital Trends report revealed that a majority of respondents see compensation as a critical issue, but just 9 percent feel prepared to address this trend. In this episode of Capital H, Deloitte leaders explore trends, challenges, and opportunities for rethinking compensation strategies to help organizations solve the compensation conundrum.